Media Scenography

New media meets theatre. Eight student projects showing interactive media, audiovisual performance and scenographic installations in theatre space.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Media Scenography Teamwork Master 2014

TECHNIQUE

3D stereoscopic projection, visual design, sound design, programming, sensors

Light Sculpture

Audio reactive projection mapping.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Light Sculpture Ariel Huang Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

3D animation, audio analysis, model design, projection mapping

Body Movement Deconstructed

A Study on human motion. Path lines, generated by capturing motions of an actor are printed into real three dimensional objects. The original motion of the actors is projected as light dots onto the lines.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Body Movement Deconstructed Verena Henn Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

Motion capturing, 3D modelling, 3D printing, laser cutting, animation, projection mapping

Atmosphere

24 students explored the creative potential of immersive media installations. After becoming familiar with the technical foundations as well as the related design principles, the students created atmospheric moods based on three-dimensional compositions of colours, forms and movements for a 7 metre wide dome. A selection of 80 works was exhibited in at Prolight+Sound Shanghai/Messe Frankfurt GmbH (event organiser and sponsor). In order to present the 80 works interactively, I designed a graphical user interface for a multi-touch table that was placed in the centre of the dome (programming: Project Syntropy GmbH).

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Atmosphere Group work Master 2013

TECHNIQUE

3D animation

Glocken Spiel

As a game of Weiqi unfolds, the system tracks the location of the chess pieces and strikes one or more xylophone keys accordingly. Tuned Keys are struck with hammers driven by servo motors and Arduino. The X and Y axis of the interface represents time and pitch respectively. The intension of the machine was to explore how the tension of logic and ludic relates to (or translates) to the tension and logic involved in creating music.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Glocken Spiel Ariel Huang, Jack Lung Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

Model creation, 3D printing and modelling, laser cutting, Arduino programming, interface programming and mapping, interaction tracking, back projection

Wave

Audio reactive sculpture.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Wave Verena Henn Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

3D modelling, object design, laser cutting, animation, projection mapping

Mirroring

Laser is the key element of the installation. The laser beam bounces between six rotatable mirrors. Each mirror is controlled via motors, 3D printed gears and Arduino. The programming controls the mirror rotation.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Mirroring Jack Lung Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

Model design, 3D printing and modelling, laser cutting, Arduino programming

Dizygotic

A six words story is translated into a projection mapping project that explores the similitude of some English antonyms. I found a lot of antonyms that look similar, just like dizygotic twins, and I chose three groups of them, he and she, come and go, and glad and sad. Light propels on the pyramids structure, reflects, diffuses and shadows, revealing its geometry and material properties. (Sheng Yanan)

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Dizygotic Sheng Yanan Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

Projection Mapping

Record Player 2.0

Record player 2.0 is an interactive kinetic sculpture that emphasises the visual/physical dimension of sound. the sound of the installation is created from a molded plastik disc that is put on a turn table and read by a laser line. The uneven structure of the disc create visual displacement of the laser, which is captured by a camera and used to translate into sound. Thus, the user can listen to the height differences and simultaneously observes them on the plastic disc. The user can change the records, and adjust volume, speed and mode through a physical interface.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Record Player 2.0 Verena Henn Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

Object design, 3D modelling and printing, laser cutting, Vacuum forming, Video analysis, Arduino programming, interface programming mapping.

Dome Projection

Animation and footage compositing for Dome Projections.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Dome Projection Ariel Huang, Jack Lung Master 2013

TECHNIQUE

3D Animation, Motion Graphics. Compositing

Cubic Mapping

A projection mapping study for a sculpture consisting of seven cubes.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Cubic Mapping Giovanna Rim Master 2013

TECHNIQUE

Projection Mapping

Reactive Grass

The initial idea was to emulate wave-alike movement that responds to the audience interaction, related to dialogue and approach between human and environment. The movement of the audience is captured by a camera and is related to the speed of the movement of the piece. The audience molds the shape generated by the superposition of the each line (grass).

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Reactive Grass Anna Walter Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

Object design, 3D modelling and printing, laser cutting, Video analysis, Arduino programming,

Paper Aqua

Paper folding (Origami) can transform paper into complex dynamic forms. Arduino and motors are used to reanimation paper.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Paper Aqua Ivan Zhao Master 2012

TECHNIQUE

Paper folding, Arduino, motors, programming

Future Playground

Natural playing environments encouraging children to explore and discover the new, challenged by uncertain and unpredictable factors. A conventional playground compensates natural playing experience within an artificially restricted environment. Although this restrictions are related to reasonable safety issues, some of them are leading to strong limitations of playing experiences. A playground that supports physical and mental development should have a reasonable balance between free explorative playing and the prevention of possible risks. The integration of uncertainty and unexpected events as valuable qualities of an mentally and physically stimulating environment is one of the key elements of the future playground. Early childhood playing experiences has huge impact on individual development. Cognitive skills, creative thinking, and the ability to adapt intelligent to new situations is highly stimulated by enhanced playing environments.

Assuming that there is a seamless synergy between mind, body and world, the term embodiment can be applied to any physical representation of a system or an information, regardless if its biological or digital, real or virtual. Over the last decades, virtual media has become ubiquitous in our daily life, affecting the way we work, communicate, creating social relations and even play. To prepare next generations for a rapid changing media culture, new media has to be introduced pedagogically at an early stage of development. A pedagogically introduction implicates to create awareness of the underlying structure of digital media rather than just looking at the surface, which means its embodiment becomes an inherent component of the media, design and program.

Hollow Exploration Playground

Imagine we are inside an extremely enlargement of an ocarina. Holes in different shapes locate on different places on the structure. Inner forms cannot be seen from outside. Actions: Jump into holes and play, climb up from holes.

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Hollow Exploration Man Wing Leung Dennis, Ng Kwun Yin Joey Bachelor 2012

TECHNIQUE

Model creation, 3D modelling, laser cutting, lighting.

Jungle Canopy

An interactive playground. Specifications: kinetic, mechanically organic, dangerous, dynamic, modular, large (very large).

TITLE STUDENT PROGRAM YEAR

Jungle Canopy Mubarak Marafa Bachelor 2012

TECHNIQUE

Arduino, programming, motors, model creation, 3D modelling and printing, laser cutting